Thermo-responsive and antifouling PVDF nanocomposited membranes based on PNIPAAm modified TiO2 nanoparticles

A novel hydrophilic nanocomposite additive(TiO2-g-PNIPAAm) was synthesized by the surface modification of titanium dioxide(TiO2) with N-isopropylacrylamide(NIPAAm) via "graft-from" technique. And the nanocomposite membrane of poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)/TiO2-g-PNIPAAm was fabricated by wet phase inversion. The graft degree was obtained by thermo-gravimetric analysis(TGA). Fourier transform infrared attenuated reflection spectroscopy(FTIR-ATR) and X-ray photoelectronic spectroscopy(XPS) characterization results suggested that TiO2-g-PNIPAAm nanoparticles segregated on membrane surface during the phase separation process. Scanning electron microscopy(SEM) was conducted to investigate the surface and cross-section of the modified membranes. The water contact angle measurements confirmed that TiO2-g-PNIPAAm nanoparticles endowed PVDF membranes better hydrophlilicity and thermo-responsive properties compared with those of the pristine PVDF membrane. The water contact angle decreased from 92.8° of the PVDF membrane to 61.2° of the nanocompostie membrane. Bovine serum albumin(BSA) static and dynamic adsorption experiments suggested that excellent antifouling properties of membranes was acquired after adding TiO2-gPNIPAAm. The maximum BSA adsorption at 40 °C was about 3 times than that at 23 °C. The permeation experiments indicated the water flux recover ratio and BSA rejection ratio were improved at different temperatures.     

生物素化壳聚糖修饰的PLGA纳米粒的制备及表征

合成了生物素化壳聚糖(Bio-CS),并通过核磁共振(1HNMR)及电感耦合等离子体光质谱法(ICP-MS)对其进行结构确证.采用溶剂挥发法(W1/O/W2)制备聚乳酸-羟基乙醇酸(PLGA)纳米粒,并通过共价交联法对纳米粒进行Bio-CS表面修饰.未修饰的PLGA纳米粒在扫描电镜下观察呈规则球状形态,平均粒径为(248.4±21.0)nm,Zeta电势为-(21.21±2.13)mV,Bio-CS修饰后的PLGA纳米粒保持球状形态,平均粒径为(268.3±23.4)nm,Zeta电势为(25.45±2.59)mV.采用X射线光电子能谱(XPS)以及试剂盒对纳米粒表面生物素进行定性及定量研究,结果显示,经过Bio-CS修饰后的纳米粒表面含有N,S元素,生物素取代度为31%的Bio-CS修饰的PLGA纳米粒,其表面生物素含量为(1.36±0.34)μmol/100mg纳米粒.